Combination cigarette case and lighter



May 30; 1933. H. BLAKE COMBINATION CIGARETTE CASE AND IIIGHTER Filed Sept. -28, 1931 2 Sheets-Sheet l .lllL

A tlomey May 30, 1933. H. BLAKE 1,912,062

COMBINATION CIGARETTE CASE AND LIGHTER Filed Sept. 28, 1931 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented May 31), 1933 FFICE HARRY BLAKE, 013- LOS ANGIE-LES, CALIFORNIA.

COMBINATION CIGARETTE AND LIGHTER Application filed September This invention has reference to a combination cigarette case and lighter, and the primary object of the invention is to provide means whereby upon opening of the case the lighter apparatus will be operated, and

a cigarette moved to a position in proximity to the flange so that one end of the cigarette may be received in the lips so that the cigarette may be properly lighted prior to the total removal of the cigarette from the case.

I attain the above and numerous other objects and advantages by a novel combination and arrangement of parts as will be best understood from a study of the following description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings wherein:

Figure 1 is a side elevational View of the device, the case being shown closed.

Figure 2 is a sectional elevational view taken substantially on the line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is an elevational sectional View, the case being shown open,-and certain parts being broken away.

Figure 4 is a sectional elevational view taken substantially on line 44 of Figure 3.

Figure 5 is a horizontal sectional transverse view taken substantially on the line 55 of Figure 1.

Figure 6 is an elevational view of a slidring side and an ejector plate associated therewith.

Figure 7 is an edge elevational view of the structure shown in Figure 6.

Figure 8 is a top plan view of the strum ture shown in Figure 6.

Figure 9 is a side elevational view of an upper portion of the casing, the cover being removed.

Figure 10 is an end elevational View of the upper portion of the casing the cover being removed.

Figure 11 is a perspective view of clam device.

Figure 12 is a perspective view of a stop device.

Figure 13 is an edge elevational view of a friction wheel, pinion, and clutch device assembly.

Serial No. 585,606.

Figure 14 is a side elevational view of the friction wheel and clutch device. 7

Referring more in detail to the drawings, it will be seen that the receptacle part of the case is designated generally bythe reference character 1 andcomprises a pair of opposed parallel side walls 2, 3 connected by a longitudinal partition 4. Slidablelorrgitudinal between the walls 2 and 3 on relatively opposite sides of partition 4 are walls, 5, the respective longitudinal edges of which are received in grooves 6 on the walls 2 and 3. Thus is provided a pair of cigarette compartments 7 and 8 closed at their bottoms by inwardly directed fianges-9 bridging the 6 space between the. respective side walls 5 and the partition 4.

Vertically slidable in each of the compartments 7 and 8 isa horizontal ejector plate 10, and each plate 10 is connectedto a flange 9 by wires 11 about which are disposed coil springs 12 normally urgingthe ejector plate 10 upwardly.

Each of the walls 2, 3 at its upper end is provided with inwardly directed stops 13 disposed on relatively opposite sides of the partition 4, andcach of thestops is curved transversely.

The stops 18 oncorresponding sides of the partition 4 terminate at their inner ends in spaced relation, and each of the stops at its inner end is provided with an integral upwardly and laterally extending curved spring elements 14.

The spring pressed ejector plate 10 normally urge the cigarette 15 upwardly and outwardly of the compartments 7 and 8 and the steps 13 are engaged by the uppermost cigarette, and prevent total ejection of'the cigarettes from the compartments. (See Figure 4.)

The wall 3 on the outer side'thereof'is provided with a pair of longitudinal parallel guide tubes 16 within which are slidable'rods 17 normally urged upwardly through the tubes by springs 18. The upper ends of rods 17 are secured .to an end of a cover 19, the latter being channel shaped in cross section, and when in a closed position received inwardly thereof the stops and springs 14.

'20 engageable with a spring keeper 21 on the wall 2. Obviously when the sections 19a, 19?) are in longitudinal alinement, and the cover is in closed position latch member 20 engages keeper 21 whereby the cover is secured in closed position against the action of springs 18.

A clamp device is mounted in the section 19a of the cover, and the clamp device includes a plate 22 secured to the top portion of cover section 19a in any suitable manner, and arms 23 are connected at their upper ends by spring hinges 24 to the plate 22. One of the arms 23 is provided with a stop 25 to limit inward swinging movement of the arms 23.

Each of the arms 23 at its lower free end merges into a semi-cylindrical clamping jaw 26 provided with oppositely extending projections 27.

When the cover is moved downwardly from the position shown in Figure 3, to the position shown in Figure 1, the jaw portions 26 of the clamp device will ride over the spring extensions 14 and stop 13, the jaws being thus spread apart.

Sliding sides adjacent their upper edges are notched as at 28, the notches being elongated transversely, as is also the partition wall 4 as at 29. Thus, when the cover or lid is in a fully closed position, the jaws 26 will move inwardly toward one another between the stops 13, the notches accommodating the extension 27. Upon inward movement of the jaws 26, the uppermost cigarette from one of the compartments will be clamped between the jaws.

A cigarette being thus clamped between the jaws 26, it will be apparent that when keeper 21 is released, and the lid or cover 19 moved upwardly under action of spring 18 on rods 17, the cigarette clamped between the jaws 26 will move upwardly therewith, said cigarette engaging and spreading the spring members 14 and passing therebetween followed by the extensions 27.

A stop device for controlling the ejection of the cigarette from the chambers 7 and 8, comprises a rod 30, journalled between the walls 2 and 3 above the upper edge of the partition 4, and adjacent each end thereof is provided with a pair of stop plates 31, 32 said plates extending laterally from the rod or shaft 30 at substantially right angles relative to one another. On one end thereof, rod 30 is provided with a crank handle 33 and pairs of stops 34 are provided on the wall 2 for securing the shaft 30 against casual rotation.

By swinging shaft 30 so that the projections 32 thereof extend into the chamber or compartment 8, the cigarette in said compartment will be confined between the stops 32 and the ejector plate operating in said compartment as shown in Figure 4. The handle 33 of the rod or shaft is retained between the uppermost pair of stops 34 as shown in Figure 10. With the stop plate 32 in the position just described, stop plate 31 will be in a vertical position, and will in no wise interfere with the ejection of the cigarette from the chamber 7 Whenever desired as for example when the cigarette in compartment 7 has been ejected therefrom, the shaft may be rotated in an opposite direction, handle 33 being located between the lower pair of stops 34, so that the position of the plates 31, 32 will be reversed and the cigarette in compartment 8 then ejected outwardly therefrom to be successfully engaged by the clamp device embodying the jaws 26 as is thought apparent.

Integral with and extending longitudinah 1y of the wall 3, is a fuel receiving tube 35 provided with a suitably plugged filling hole 36 in the bottom thereof, and having projecting outwardly from the top thereof, the upper end of a wick 37. Disposed over the guide tubes 16 and the fuel tube 35 is a suitable cover plate 38, the same at its upper end merging into a lateral projecting shield 39 within the confines of which is a suitable support 40 for a fiint 41 a friction wheel 42, pinion 43, and a spring clutch device 43' which serves to cause the wheel 42 to rotate when pinion 43 is rotated in one direction, and permits of a reversing movement of pinion 43 without causing movement of wheel 42, as is thought apparent.

Lid or cover section 19w, at its free end is provided with a hood or shield 44 beyond the lower end of which is disposed a rack bar 45 engageable with the pinion 43, and when the cover is in a closed position and the rack bar 45 is engaged within the confines of the shield 39 while the hood 44 encases or covers the friction wheel and pinion which project above the upper edge of the shield 39 adjacent said shield 44, the cover or lid section 19a is provided with a tube 46 adapted to receive the upper end of the wick 37 when the cover or lid is in a closed position for extinguishing the flames.

From the foregoing it will be seen that when the cover is released and rises upwardly, carrying a cigarette therewith be tween the jaws 26, rack bar 45 meshing with the pinion 43 will cause rotation ofthe friction wheel 42 which engages the flint and setting up suflicient spark to ignite the upper end of the wick 37. The end of the cigarette between the jaws 26 will be suitably positioned with respect to said end of the wick as to be ignited by the flame, one

end of the cigarette being received between the lips of the smoker, insuring that the smoker obtains proper and sufficient lighting of the cigarette prior to removal of the latter from between the aws 26. When the cover or lid is moved to a closed position, the flame will be effectively extinguished, as before set forth, and the second cigarette will be received between jaws 26 so that the device is then ready for use, requiring a release of the release 21 from the latch 20.

Even though I have herein shown and described the preferred embodiment of the invention, it is to be understood that the same is susceptible of further changes, modifications and improvements coming within the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is:

1. A cigarette case, a cover therefor, a pair of oppositely disposed hingedly mounted cigarette engaging jaws carried by the cover, spring means engaged with the jaws and normally urging the same inwardly toward One another, oppositely disposed spring elements fixedly supported at that end of the case receiving said cover, said spring elements being arranged in the path of the jaws for disposition between the jaws upon movement of the cover to a closed position for spreading said jaws apart during movement of the cover to a closed position, said jaws being movable out of engagement with said spring elements as the cover approaches its final closed position with respect to the case whereby to clamp therebetween a cigarette, and means carried by the jaws and engageable with the spring elements for spreading them. apart during movement of the cover, from a closed to an open position whereby to move said spring elements out of the path of the cigarette carried by said jaws.

2. A case for cigarettes, a cover for the case, means carried by the cover for removing ,a cigarette bodily from the case when said cover is opened, said means including a pair of opposed hinged gripping jaws, resilient means mounted on the case and including oppositely inclined spring elements having their meeting ends yieldably engaged with the other, said elements being engageable with the jaws for spreading the latter apart during movement of the cover to a closed position and to release said jaws when the cover is in fully closed position, and means on said jaws engageable with said spring elements for spreading the latter apart upon movement of the cover to an open position, and supporting means for said spring elements constituting stops at said one end of the case for limiting movement of the cigarette toward said cover.

3. In combination with a cigarette case having a cigarette magazine arranged therein and provided with means in the magazine for feeding cigarettes from the case, together with a cover for the case and a lighter in the case adapted to be lighted when the cover is raised from the case; of stop means on the case for controlling the feed of cigarettes from the magazine, opposed sprin jaws carried by the cover adapted to plck up a cigarette from the case, spring elements extending outwardly with reference to the casing from said stop means together with means on said aws engaging the spring elements for spreading the jaws apart when the cover is moved to a closed position and for releasing the jaws when the cover is in closed position and to spread said spring elements apart upon movement of the cover from a closed to an open position. e

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

V HARRY BLAKE. 

